DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/13 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 80.7 - - 86.9 - - 90.0 - - 87.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 91 - - 184 - - 102 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1315 - - 3016 - - 3837 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 922 - - 2660 - - 2973 - - 923 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2204 - - 3905 - - 4726 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1837 - - 1147 - - 1278 - - 4410 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 213 - - 348 - - 317 - - 27 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 8 - - 8 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 307 - - 296 - - 301 - - 281 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1423 - - -2010 - - -2413 - - -4773 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3627 - - 5915 - - 7140 - - 5712 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5781 - - -6920 - - -6169 - - -8168 ODpotential blCL - - - 7985 - - 10825 - - 10895 - - 9107 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 71 - - 51 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - 910 - - 570 - - 430 - - 1020 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.7 - - 86.9 - - 90.0 - - 87.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 67.9 - - 64.3 - - 62.2 - - 66.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 80.0 - - 85.7 - - 89.3 - - 88.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 66.8 - - 62.9 - - 60.8 - - 64.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 91 - - 184 - - 102 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1315 - - 3016 - - 3837 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 30 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 14 - - 11 - - 11 - - 14 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99747 44 089 46 088 38 096 32 095 99747 92180 37 096 32 098 28 090 30 083 92180 86345 30 090 28 095 22 086 27 071 86345 81519 28 085 21 093 21 092 21 065 81519 77389 23 076 21 086 23 098 19 063 77389 73750 20 081 20 070 23 081 14 084 73750 70449 21 069 17 061 20 062 18 082 70449 67426 13 047 16 053 17 060 18 049 67426 64647 15 059 13 053 12 057 14 029 64647 61965 18 038 18 034 13 049 9 027 61965 59179 10 022 14 358 16 018 15 025 59179 56302 14 013 19 355 18 020 20 033 56302 53564 28 339 25 351 32 014 35 021 53564 51115 29 010 27 006 39 004 41 011 51115 48927 46 017 38 015 42 018 37 018 48927 46933 51 017 47 020 49 023 42 033 46933 45095 53 017 51 021 50 024 47 035 45095 43389 49 022 48 024 48 025 48 036 43389 41796 44 027 42 027 41 027 43 037 41796 40299 39 028 36 030 35 031 35 041 40299 38888 32 022 30 029 32 037 32 047 38888 37526 27 026 28 030 31 045 33 053 37526 36148 22 048 25 031 33 051 35 070 36148 34720 24 050 22 033 38 055 40 084 34720 33238 30 042 24 031 40 056 45 084 33238 31685 33 035 28 033 37 054 44 076 31685 30048 34 039 31 056 33 055 43 072 30048 28330 35 046 36 068 32 057 40 072 28330 26531 39 051 41 066 32 061 36 070 26531 24652 43 057 40 064 34 063 34 067 24652 22693 41 065 35 062 35 065 34 063 22693 20647 40 066 32 061 33 070 33 066 20647 18515 45 058 36 057 30 062 30 072 18515 16348 46 045 37 047 33 056 31 066 16348 14264 34 025 29 037 34 048 27 064 14264 12366 21 041 23 033 29 031 31 059 12366 10675 23 045 21 035 21 030 31 040 10675 9171 25 030 16 028 18 040 23 038 9171 7833 19 033 13 017 14 034 13 044 7833 6643 13 030 11 005 12 013 9 023 6643 5589 8 033 11 354 9*349 10 349 5589 4661 5 021 10*331 8*313 11 327 4661 3842 7 352 8*304 8 306 10 317 3842 3108 10 334 8 299 8 302 9 307 3108 2459 10*319 8 296 7 299 8 301 2459 1916 9*311 8 293 7 296 7 297 1916 1500 8 308 7 292 7 294 6 292 1500 1213 7 306 7 290 6 293 5 288 1213 1038 7 305 6 290 6 291 4 283 1038 939 6 305 6 288 5 292 3*281 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography